134.0000
Family
Orchidaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 64 (1789), nom. cons.
over 800 genera, more than 30.000 spp. worldwide, mostly tropical
Species listed in database: 30557; hybrids: 1460
= Apostasiaceae Lindl.; Nix. Pl. 22 (1833), nom. cons.
= Cypripediaceae Lindl.; Nix. Pl. 22 (1833)
= Limodoraceae Horan.; Char. Ess. Fam. 44 (1847)
= Liparidaceae Vines; Stud. Text-book Bot. 2: 567 (1895)
= Neottiaceae Horan.; Prim. Lin. Syst. Nat. 50 (1834)
= Neuwiediaceae R.Dahlgren ex Reveal & Hoogland; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Sér. 4, 13: 91 (1991)
= Ophrydaceae Vines; Stud. Text-book Bot. 2: 566 (1895)
= Pycnanthaceae Ravenna; Onira 12(6): 29 (2011)
= Vanillaceae Lindl.; Key Bot. 73 (1835)
134.7061
Genus
Bletia Ruiz & Pav.; Fl. Peruv. Prodr. 119, t. 26 (1794)
Distribution: USA, tropical America from Mexico and Florida (2) to Peru, Bolivia and Brazil, West Indies. Inclusion of Hexalectris and Basiphyllaea fide Sosa & M. W. Chase (2020)
Species listed in database: 53; hybrids: 3
= Anthogyas Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 4: 44 (1838)
= Basiphyllaea Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 77 (1921)
= Bletiana Raf.; Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 268 (1818)
= Carteria Small; Torreya 10: 187 (1910), non Diesing 1866.
= Crybe Lindl.; Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 446 (1836)
= Gyas Salisb.; Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 299 (1812)
= Hexalectris Raf.; Neogenyton 4 (1825)
= Regnellia Barb.Rodr.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. 1: 81 (1877)
= Thiebautia Colla; Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 3: 161, t. 4 (1825)
species :
Bletia adenocarpa
Rchb.f.; Bonplandia (Hannover) 4: 216 (1856)
Distribution: Mexico (Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Zacatecas)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Bletia palmeri S.Watson; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 26: 153 (1891)
species :
Bletia amabilis
C.Schweinf.; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 6: 62 (1938)
Distribution: Mexico (Chihuahua, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, Sonora, Zacatecas)
79 MEX
species :
Bletia antillana
M.A.Díaz & Sosa; Brittonia 49: 81 (1997)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
species :
Bletia arizonica
(S.Watson) Sosa & M.W.Chase; Phytotaxa 456(3): 296 (2020)
Distribution: USA (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas)
76 USA 77 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Corallorhiza arizonica S.Watson; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 379 (1881 publ. 1882)
= Hexalectris arizonica (S.Watson) A.H.Kenn. & L.E.Watson; Syst. Bot. 35(1): 74 (2010)
= Hexalectris spicata var. arizonica (S.Watson) Catling & V.S.Engel; Lindleyana 8(3): 122 (1993)
species :
Bletia brevicaulis
(L.O.Williams) Sosa & M.W.Chase; Phytotaxa 456(3): 297 (2020)
Distribution: Mexico (Coahuila, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca)
79 MEX
Conservation Status: IUCN R
Synonyms: hidden
= Hexalectris brevicaulis L.O.Williams; Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 9: 125 (1940)
species :
Bletia campanulata
Lex.; Nov. Veg. Descr. [La Llave & Lexarza] 2(Orchid. Opusc.): 17 (1825)
Distribution: Mexico (Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Zacatecas); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Cauca, Huila, Vichada); Guyana; Peru; Bolivia (La Paz); Argentina (Salta, Tucuman)
79 MEX 80 COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 82 CLM GUY 83 BOL PER 85 ARG
Synonyms: hidden
= Bletia altilamellata Garay; Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 47: 222 (1953)
= Bletia anomala A.Rich. & Galeotti; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 1: 23 (1845)
= Bletia edwardsii Ames; Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 45: 1 (1932)
= Bletia landsbergii Rchb.f.; Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 4: 317 (1859)
= Bletia lankesteri (Ames & C.Schweinf.) Ames, F.T.Hubb. & C.Schweinf.; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 3: 41 (1934)
= Bletia mandonii Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 10: 48 (1922)
= Bletia wageneri Rchb.f.; Linnaea 26: 143 (1853), et Bonplandia (Hannover) 2: 22 (1854)
= Limodorum campanulatum (Lex.) Ames & C.Schweinf.; Schedul. Orchid. 10: 79 (1930)
= Limodorum lankesteri Ames & C.Schweinf.; Schedul. Orchid. 10: 78 (1930)
= Serapias diphylla Sessé & Moc.; Naturaleza (Mexico City), Ser. 2, 1(App.): 153 (1890)
species :
Bletia candida
Kraenzl.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 449 (1920)
Distribution: Colombia (Santander)
82 CLM
species :
Bletia carabiaiana
L.O.Williams; Caldasia 1(5): 14 (1942)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
Conservation Status: threatened (Red List of the Vascular Flora of Cuba)
Synonyms: hidden
= Basiphyllaea carabiaiana (L.O.Williams) Sosa & M.A.Díaz; Harvard Pap. Bot. 5(2): 488 (2001)
species :
Bletia catenulata
Ruiz & Pav.; Syst. Veg. Fl. Peruv. Chil. 1: 229 (1798)
Distribution: Colombia; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Tocantins); NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Bahia); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, São Paulo); Paraguay (Amambay); Argentina (Salta)
82 CLM 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR
Synonyms: hidden
= Bletia catenulata f. alba (L.C.Menezes) Meneguzzo; Neodiversity 5: 25 (2010)
= Bletia catenulata f. caerulea (L.C.Menezes) F.Barros & J.A.N.Bat.; Orquidologia Sul-Amer. 100 (2004)
= Bletia catenulata var. alba L.C.Menezes; Orquidário 17: 165 (2003)
= Bletia catenulata var. caerulea L.C.Menezes; Schlechteriana 4: 156 (1993)
= Bletia ecuadorensis Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 14: 393 (1916)
= Bletia repanda Ruiz & Pav.; Syst. Veg. Fl. Peruv. Chil. 1: 229 (1798)
= Bletia rodriguesii Cogn.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 3(5): 351 (1898)
= Bletia sanguinea Poepp. & Endl.; Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. [Poeppig & Endlicher] 1: 56, t. 95 (1836)
= Bletia sherrattiana Bateman ex Hook.f.; Bot. Mag. 93: t. 5646 (1867)
= Bletia watsonii Anon.; Orchid Rev. 2: 298 (1894)
= Epidendrum octandrum Vell.; Fl. Flumin. 9: t. 21 (1831)
= Epistephium herzogianum Kraenzl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 6: 21 (1908)
= Regnellia purpurea Barb.Rodr.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. 1: 79 (1877)
species :
Bletia cobra
(Garay & Dunst.) Szlach. & Kolan.; Mater. Orchid Fl. Colombia 4: 23 (2023)
Distribution: Colombia
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Bletia wageneri var. cobra Garay & Dunst.; Venez. Orchid. Ill. [Dunsterville & Garay] 6: 60 (1976)
species :
Bletia coccinea
Lex.; Nov. Veg. Descr. [La Llave & Lexarza] 2(Orchid. Opusc.): 16 (1825)
Distribution: Mexico (Ciudad de Mexico, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Bletia fulgens Rchb.f.; Bonplandia (Hannover) 3: 221 (1855)
species :
Bletia colemanii
(Catling) Sosa & M.W.Chase; Phytotaxa 456(3): 297 (2020)
Distribution: USA (Arizona)
76 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Hexalectris colemanii (Catling) A.H.Kenn. & L.E.Watson; Syst. Bot. 35(1): 74 (2010)
= Hexalectris revoluta var. colemanii Catling; Native Orchid Conf. J. 1(2): 14 (2004)
species :
Bletia concolor
Dressler; Brittonia 20: 183 (1968)
Distribution: Mexico (Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán)
79 MEX
species :
Bletia corallicola
(Small) Sosa & M.W.Chase; Phytotaxa 456(3): 297 (2020)
Name: Carter´s orchid (Bahamas)
Distribution: USA (S-Florida); Bahamas; Cuba; Hispaniola (Dominican Republic); Puerto Rico
78 USA 81 BAH CUB HIS PUE
Conservation Status: IUCN I (Cuba), E (Dominican Republic), E (Florida), I (Puerto Rico)
Synonyms: hidden
= Basiphyllaea angustifolia Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21: 338 (1925)
= Basiphyllaea corallicola (Small) Ames; Schedul. Orchid. 7: 1 (1924)
= Carteria corallicola Small; Torreya 10: 188 (1910)
species :
Bletia ensifolia
L.O.Williams; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 12: 245 (1946)
Distribution: Mexico (Durango, Jalisco, Nayarit, Zacatecas)
79 MEX
species :
Bletia fallax
(M.I.Rodr. & R.González) Sosa & M.W.Chase; Phytotaxa 456(3): 297 (2020)
Distribution: Mexico (Jalisco, Zacatecas)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Hexalectris fallax M.I.Rodr. & R.González; Ibugana 12(1): 18 (2004 publ. 2005)
species :
Bletia florida
(Salisb.) R.Br.in Aiton; Hort. Kew., ed. 2 [W.T.Aiton] 5: 206 (1813)
Distribution: USA [I] (Florida [I]); Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Republic)
78 usa 81 CUB HIS JAM
Conservation Status: IUCN R (Jamaica)
Synonyms: hidden
= Bletia shepherdii Hook.; Bot. Mag. t. 3319 (1834) [non Griseb.]
= Bletilla florida (Salisb.) Rchb.f.; Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 8: 246 (1851 publ. 1853)
= Cymbidium floridum (Salisb.) Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 121 (1831)
= Gyas florida (Salisb.) Salisb.; Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 299 (1812)
= Limodorum floridum Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 9 (1796)
= Thiebautia nervosa Colla; Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 3: 161, t. 4 (1825)
species :
Bletia garcia-barrigae
Szlach. & Kolan.; Mater. Orchid Fl. Colombia 4: 22 (2023)
Distribution: Colombia
82 CLM
species :
Bletia gracilis
G.Lodd.; Bot. Cab. 20(1): 1977 (1833)
Distribution: Mexico (Chihuahua, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Sinaloa, Sonora, Veracruz, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Honduras
79 MEX 80 GUA HON
species :
Bletia greenmaniana
L.O.Williams; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 12: 246 (1946)
Distribution: Mexico (Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Oaxaca, Sinaloa, Veracruz)
79 MEX
Conservation Status: IUCN R
species :
Bletia greenwoodiana
Sosa; Brittonia 46(3): 208 (1994)
Distribution: Mexico (Durango, Jalisco)
79 MEX
species :
Bletia hamiltoniana
(Ackerman & Whitten) Sosa & M.W.Chase; Phytotaxa 456(3): 297 (2020)
Distribution: Jamaica
81 JAM
Conservation Status: Known only from type locality
Synonyms: hidden
= Basiphyllaea hamiltoniana Ackerman & Whitten; Lindleyana 16(1): 13 (2001)
species :
Bletia hoffmannii
(M.A.Díaz & Llamacho) Sosa & M.W.Chase; Phytotaxa 456(3): 297 (2020)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
Conservation Status: endangered (Red List of the Vascular Flora of Cuba)
Synonyms: hidden
= Basiphyllaea hoffmannii M.A.Díaz & Llamacho; Harvard Pap. Bot. 5(2): 487 (2001)
species :
Bletia lilacina
A.Rich. & Galeotti; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 3: 23 (1845)
Distribution: Mexico (Guerrero, Mexico State, Morelos, Oaxaca)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Bletia nagelii L.O.Williams; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 12: 247 (1946)
species :
Bletia macristhmochila
Greenm.; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 32: 297 (1897)
Distribution: Mexico (Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Sinaloa, Zacatecas)
79 MEX
Conservation Status: IUCN V
species :
Bletia meridana
(Rchb.f.) Garay & Dunst.; Venez. Orchid. Ill. [Dunsterville & Garay] 6: 58 (1976)
Distribution: Colombia (Cesar, Santander); Venezuela (Aragua, Miranda)
82 CLM VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Bletia florida var. meridana Rchb.f.; (1854)
species :
Bletia mexicana
(Greenm.) Sosa & M.W.Chase; Phytotaxa 456(3): 297 (2020)
Distribution: USA (SW-Texas); Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Zacatecas)
77 USA 79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Corallorhiza grandiflora A.Rich. & Galeotti; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 3: 19 (1845)
= Hexalectris grandiflora (A.Rich. & Galeotti) L.O.Williams; J. Arnold Arbor. 25: 81 (1944)
= Hexalectris grandiflora f. luteoalba P.M.Br.; McAllen Int. Orchid Soc. J. 7(12): 6 (2006)
= Hexalectris mexicana Greenm.; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 39: 77 (1903)
= Neottia grandiflora (A.Rich. & Galeotti) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 674 (1891), nom. illeg.
species :
Bletia mixtecana
Salazar & C.Chávez; Phytotaxa 275(2): 120 (2016)
Distribution: Mexico (Oaxaca)
79 MEX
species :
Bletia neglecta
Sosa; Lindleyana 9(1): 10 (1994)
Distribution: Mexico (Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz)
79 MEX
species :
Bletia nelsonii
Ames; Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 35: 82 (1922)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca)
79 MEX
Conservation Status: IUCN R
species :
Bletia netzeri
Senghas; Orchideen, Pflanzen der Extreme (Berlin) 171 (1993)
Distribution: Hispaniola (Dominican Republic)
81 HIS
species :
Bletia nitida
(L.O.Williams ex I.M.Johnst.) Sosa & M.W.Chase; Phytotaxa 456(3): 297 (2020)
Distribution: USA (Texas, New Mexico); Mexico (Coahuila, Oaxaca, Tamaulipas)
77 USA 79 MEX
Conservation Status: IUCN E (New Mexico), R (Texas)
Synonyms: hidden
= Hexalectris nitida L.O.Williams; J. Arnold Arbor. 25: 81 (1944)
species :
Bletia parkinsonii
Hook.; Bot. Mag. 66: t. 3736 (1839)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Morelos, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosi, Veracruz)
79 MEX
species :
Bletia parva
Sosa & M.W.Chase; Phytotaxa 456(3): 297 (2020), nom. nov.
Distribution: Mexico (Jalisco, Sonora, Zacatecas); Guatemala
79 MEX 80 GUA
Synonyms: hidden
= Hexalectris parviflora L.O.Williams; Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 9: 126 (1940)
species :
Bletia patula
Hook.; Bot. Mag. t. 3518 (1836)
Name: Bletia, Flor de pasmo, Mariposilla, Orquidea de roca
Distribution: +USA (+S-Florida); Cuba; Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Republic); Puerto Rico; Guadeloupe; Martinique; St. Lucia; Trinidad [I]
78 USA 81 CUB GDL HIS MAR PUE STL trt
Synonyms: hidden
= Bletia patula var. alba A.D.Hawkes; Phytologia 3: 260 (1950)
= Bletia shepherdii Griseb.; Cat. Pl. Cub. [Grisebach] 263 (1866) [non Hook.]
species :
Bletia punctata
Lex.; Nov. Veg. Descr. [La Llave & Lexarza] 2(Orchid. Opusc.): 15 (1825)
Distribution: Mexico (Ciudad de Mexico, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Zacatecas)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Bletia secunda Lindl.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 26(Misc.): 57 (1840)
= Eulophia dilatata Lindl.; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10: 184 (1842)
species :
Bletia purpurata
A.Rich. & Galeotti; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 3: 23 (1845)
Distribution: Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Chiapas, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Zacatecas); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua
79 MEX 80 ELS GUA HON NIC
Synonyms: hidden
= Arethusa grandiflora S.Watson; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 26: 154 (1891)
= Arethusa rosea (Lindl.) Benth. ex Hemsl.; Biol. Centr.-Amer., Bot. 3: 304 (1884), nom. illeg.
= Arethusa tigridiifolia Lex.; Nov. Veg. Descr. [La Llave & Lexarza] 2(Orchid. Opusc.): 14 (1825), tentatively listed as a synonym.
= Bletia rosea (Lindl.) Dressler; Taxon 13: 248 (1964), nom. illeg.
= Crybe rosea Lindl.; Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 446 (1836)
species :
Bletia purpurea
(Lam.) A.DC.; Rapp. [Not.] Pl. Rar. Genève 8: 23 (1840)
Name: Orquidea de San Miguel (Cuba), Palmita de monte (Dominican Republic)
Distribution: USA (S-Florida); Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Bahamas; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Republic); Guadeloupe [I]; Barbados [I]; Trinidad [I]; Colombia (Antioquia, Magdalena); Venezuela (Aragua, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Merida, Miranda, Tachira); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; N-Brazil (Amazonas)
78 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 BAH bbd CUB gdl HIS JAM trt 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Bletia acutipetala Hook.; Bot. Mag. t. 3217 (1833)
= Bletia alta (Jacq.) Hitchc.; Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 4: 132 (1893)
= Bletia expansa Ten.; Index Sem. (Naples, Neapolitano) 1829: 14 (1829)
= Bletia havannensis Lindl.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 24: t. 28 (1838)
= Bletia pallida G.Lodd.; Bot. Cab. t. 629 (1822)
= Bletia pottsii S.Watson; Guatemala, Land Quetzal (1887) 478 nomen, et Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 478 (1887)
= Bletia pulchella Anon.; Gard. Chron. 1850: 168 (1850)
= Bletia purpurea var. alba Ariza-Julia & J.Jiménez Alm.; Rhodora 62: 236 (1960)
= Bletia purpurea var. pittieri Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 17: 50 (1922)
= Bletia verecunda (Salisb.); R. Br. in] Aiton [Hort. Kew., ed. 2 [W.T.Aiton] 5: 206 (1813)
= Cymbidium altum (Jacq.) Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4: 105 (1805)
= Cymbidium trifidum (Michx.) Sw.; Neues J. Bot. 1: 76 (1805)
= Cymbidium verecundum (Salisb.) Sw.; Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6: 75 (1799)
= Epidendrum altum (Willd.) Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 1: 374 (1810)
= Gyas verecunda (Salisb.) Salisb.; Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 299 (1812)
= Helleborine americana Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 1, 1: 398 (1821)
= Limodorum altum Jacq.; Icon. Pl. Rar. [Jacquin] 3: t. 602 (1797)
= Limodorum purpureum Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 3: 515 (1792)
= Limodorum trifidum Michx.; Fl. Bor.-Amer. [Michaux] 2: 159 (1803)
= Limodorum tuberosum Jacq.; Collectanea [Jacquin] 4: 108 (1791), nom. illeg.
= Limodorum verecundum Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 9 (1796)
= Serapias purpurea (Lam.) Poir.; Tabl. Encycl. 3: 306 (1823)
species :
Bletia reflexa
Lindl.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 21: t. 1760 (1836)
Distribution: Mexico (Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Veracruz, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Honduras
79 MEX 80 GUA HON
Synonyms: hidden
= Bletia jucunda Linden & Rchb.f.; Bonplandia (Hannover) 3: 221 (1855)
species :
Bletia revoluta
(Correll) Sosa & M.W.Chase; Phytotaxa 456(3): 297 (2020)
Distribution: USA (SW-Texas, Big Bend); Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Jalisco, Nuevo Leon, Zacatecas)
77 USA 79 MEX
Conservation Status: IUCN E (Texas), I (Mexico)
Synonyms: hidden
= Hexalectris revoluta Correll; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 10: 19 (1941)
species :
Bletia riparia
Sosa & Palestina; Brittonia 54(2): 107 (2002)
Distribution: Mexico (Veracruz)
79 MEX
species :
Bletia roezlii
Rchb.f.; Linnaea 41: 7 (1876)
Distribution: Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora, Sinaloa, Durango, Jalisco, Michoacán, Mexico State, Morelos, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Veracruz); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua
79 MEX 80 ELS GUA HON NIC
Synonyms: hidden
= Bletia gracilis var. roezlii (Rchb.f.) L.O.Williams; Ceiba 1: 188 (1950)
= Bletia papillifera Ames; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 1: No. 6, 5 (1933)
species :
Bletia santosii
H.Ávila, J.G.González & Art.Castro; Brittonia 71(4): 360 (2019)
Distribution: Mexico (Sinaloa)
79 MEX
species :
Bletia sarcophylla
Rchb.f.; Flora 48: 278 (1865)
Distribution: Cuba (Isla de la Juventud)
81 CUB
Synonyms: hidden
= Basiphyllaea sarcophylla (Rchb.f.) Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 78 (1921)
= Bletia platyphylla Rchb.f. ex Griseb.; Cat. Pl. Cub. [Grisebach] 264 (1866)
= Tetramicra platyphylla Griseb.; Cat. Pl. Cub. [Grisebach] 264 (1866)
= Tetramicra sarcophylla (Rchb.f.) Cogn.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 6: 551 (1910)
species :
Bletia spicata
(Walter) Sosa & M.W.Chase; Phytotaxa 456(3): 297 (2020)
Name: Crested Coral-root
Distribution: S-USA (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia); Mexico (Chihuahua, Nuevo Leon, Sonora)
74 USA 75 USA 76 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Arethusa spicata Walter; Fl. Carol. [Walter] 222 (1788)
= Bletia aphylla Nutt.; Gen. N. Amer. Pl. [Nuttall] 2: 194 (1818)
= Corallorhiza spicata (Walter) Tidestr.; Fl. Ariz. New Mex. 733 (1941)
= Hexalectris aphylla (Nutt.) A.Gray; Manual [A.Gray] ed. 6: 501 (1896), isonym
= Hexalectris aphylla (Nutt.) Raf.; Neogenyton 4 (1825)
= Hexalectris spicata (Walter) Barnhart; Torreya 1904: 121 (1904)
= Hexalectris spicata f. albolabia P.M.Br.; N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 1(1): 10 (1995)
= Hexalectris spicata f. lutea P.M.Br.; N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 10: 23 (2004 publ. 2005)
= Hexalectris spicata f. wilderi P.M.Br.; N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 10: 23 (2004 publ. 2005)
= Hexalectris squamosa Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 4: 48 (1838)
species :
Bletia stenophylla
Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 6: 42 (1919)
Distribution: Colombia (Boyacá, Cundinamarca, Nariño, Tolima); Venezuela (Amazonas, Aragua, Bolívar, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Lara, Miranda, Trujillo, Yaracuy); Ecuador
82 CLM VEN 83 ECU
species :
Bletia tenuifolia
Ames & C.Schweinf.; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 1: No. 10, 6 (1933)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas); ?Guatemala
79 MEX
species :
Bletia urbana
Dressler; Brittonia 20: 186 (1968)
Distribution: Mexico (Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico State, Oaxaca)
79 MEX
Conservation Status: IUCN V
species :
Bletia villae
Soto Arenas; Icon. Orchid. 10: t. 1011 (xiii) (2008)
Distribution: Mexico (Durango)
79 MEX
species :
Bletia volubilis
M.A.Díaz Dumas; Revista Jard. Bot. Nac. Univ. Habana 9(2): 32 (1988 publ. 1989)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
Conservation Status: threatened (Red List of the Vascular Flora of Cuba)
Synonyms: hidden
= Basiphyllaea volubilis (M.A.Díaz) Sosa & M.A.Díaz; Harvard Pap. Bot. 5(2): 488 (2001)
species :
Bletia warfordiana
Sosa; Lindleyana 9(1): 16 (1994)
Distribution: Mexico (Jalisco)
79 MEX
species :
Bletia warnockii
(Ames & Correll) Sosa & M.W.Chase; Phytotaxa 456(3): 297 (2020)
Name: Texas Purple-spike
Distribution: USA (Texas, SE-Arizona); Mexico (Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Sonora)
76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX
Conservation Status: IUCN E (Arizona), I (New Mexico), I (Texas)
Synonyms: hidden
= Hexalectris warnockii Ames & Correll; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 11: 8 (1943)
= Hexalectris warnockii f. flavida Catling; Native Orchid Conf. J. 1(2): 24 (2004)
species :
Bletia wrightii
Acuña; Bol. Estac. Exp. Agron. Santiago de las Vegas 60 (Cat. Descr. Orquid. Cub.): 157 (1939)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
Conservation Status: threatened (Red List of the Vascular Flora of Cuba)
Synonyms: hidden
= Basiphyllaea wrightii (Acuña) Nir; Orchidaceae Antill. 35 (2000)
= Bletia tenera Griseb.; Cat. Pl. Cub. [Grisebach] 263 (1866), nomen, Cogn. in Symb. Antill. [Urban] 6: 573 (1910), descr.
species :
Bletia ×ekmanii
Serguera & Sánchez Los.; Willdenowia 41(1): 109 (2011)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
Remarks: Bletia patula x B. purpurea
species :
Bletia ×similis
Dressler; Brittonia 20: 186 (1968)
Distribution: Mexico (Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán)
79 MEX
Remarks: Bletia adenocarpa x B. concolor
species :
Bletia ×tamayoana
S.Rosillo ex Soltero; Bol. Inform. Inst. Bot. Univ. Guadalajara 1(5): 341 (1993)
Distribution: Mexico (Jalisco)
79 MEX
Remarks: Bletia amabilis x coccinea
